16:10 Down Royal

Saturday 5 November 2022

All12:5313:2313:5814:3215:0715:4016:10

Ladbrokes (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 17.40s

Artiste D'ainay^h1,t¹⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

16/1

Shaped as if better for the run (tongue tied) when eleventh of 15 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut. Off 6 months. Hood on for 1st time.

Form: 0-

Faulty³¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

15/2

€36,000 3-y-o, £70,000 5-y-o, Dunaden gelding. Dam, French bumper maiden, half-sister to useful French chaser (stayed 2¾m) Quolibe. Failed to complete both starts in points in Dec 2021 but has joined a respected yard and requires a market check.

Form:

Honky Tonk

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

9/4

€90,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Dam, maiden on Flat in Germany, sister to top-class hurdler (stayed 3m) Arctic Fire. Needs taking very seriously on debut for top yard.

Form:

King Of Kingsfield²²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

8/13

Vadamos gelding. Half-brother to untrustworthy 6f winner Almurr. Easily won sole start in points (Mar 26). Very interesting newcomer.

Form: 1-

Rowdy Romeo⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B Dunleavy⁽⁷⁾| T: Caroline Mccaldin

66/1

Conduit gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful 17f hurdle winner Razzle Dazzle Love, stays 19f, and fair 21f hurdle winner Loveherandleaveher. Unplaced completed start in points, well clear when fell ninth last time (Oct 30).

Form: F-6F

Sarah's Soldier¹⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

28/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 15 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut. Off 6 months.

Form: 0-

Non-Runners

Golden Star⁶⁷⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Liam McKenna

Ringdufferin⁵⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr H C Swan

Forecasts

King Of Kingsfield (8/13), Honky Tonk (9/4), Faulty (15/2), Ringdufferin (10/1), Artiste D'ainay (16/1), Golden Star (25/1), Sarah's Soldier (28/1), Rowdy Romeo (66/1)

This looks ripe for a newcomer and KING OF KINGSFIELD and Honky Tonk make obvious appeal. The former easily won his sole outing in points and is narrowly preferred.